Starting and stopping mechanism



Aug. 27, 1935. A. F. PYM ET AL STARTING AND STOPPING MECHANISM Original Filed May 20, 1930 5 F W FVLP WW.

Patented Aug. 27, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE STARTING AND STOPPING MECHANISM Original application May 20, 1930, Serial No. 454,095. Divided and this application September 4,1931, Serial No. 561,198

Claims. (Cl. 192- 144) This invention relates to starting and stopping mechanism, the present application being a divisioh of a copending application for United States Letters Patent No. 1,864,669, granted June '28.

.1932 for improvements in Machines for operati'flg oh shoes.

In the control of some kinds of power-operated machines, or which the machine shown in the above-mentioned Letters Patent is an example, itfis desirable that the operator be enabled to bring the machine to a stop at will. The present invention provides improved starting-and stopping mechanism having simple andconveniently operable means for accomplishing this result. The herein disclosed embodiment of the invention comprises means whereby a controlling or i starting -ineinlcfer, Which is movable by the operator to start the operation of a power-driven member, is operative by further movement the same direction as its starting movement to stop the operation of the power-driven member. In the construction shown the starting member controls 'a cluteh Which is tripped to start the operation of the power-drivei1 member and is further con.- trolled automatically 'to stop the operation at a definite time;v and in another-aspect the invention provides, in such anorganizatiom means to render the 'startin'gmember effective by additional movement to stop the operation at the will of the operator, 'or independently of the automatic control.

The novel features of the invention will. now be more particularly described by reference to the accompanying drawingand pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a view, partly inel'ev'ation and partly in section, of a portion'of the machine shown in the above mentioned Letters Patent; including mechanism in which the present invention is embodied; and

Fig. 2 is a view showing in -elevationa train of ears includedin the structure shown in Fig. 1.

In the construction shown there isa power"- driven member or: shaft H] through which parts of the machine are cperate'd in a predetermined cycle byeac'h revolution of the shaft. :Fast on the shaft 1 Dis a Worm-gear l2 drivenby-aworm M which is 'fast on a shaft [-6. Mounted-loosely on {the -shaft L6 is adrum l8 whichmay be 'driven I:either'by a belt operating on a pulley 20 fast on the'dr-um, orby electric motorK-not shown) connected to; the drum through a train of gears 52, 24 and 26, the gear rgfi b eing for-med -on the drumitself. At one end the drum I8 is so formed machine.

as to provide an internal friction clutch face 28 arranged to cooperate with a clutch member 30 slidingly mounted'on the'shaft It to move lengthwise of the shaft, this clutch member being also arranged to engage a stationary brake surface 3 2 when it -is not in engagement with the clutch face 28. The clutch member 3i] is connected to the shaft 6 to turn therewith by means of a tongue 36, shown by dotted lines, which projects into a slot formed in a collar pinned to the shaft. Springs 38 mounted inthe hub of the clutch member 39 and pressing on the collar 38 tend to move the clutch member into engagement with the clutch face 28.

For controlling the clutch member 38 there are mounted in an annular groove in the hub of the clutch member two halves of a, split collar All connected by links 42 to a forked arm of a bellcrank lever it pivoted at 46 on the frame of the On the end of the other arm of the bell-crank lever there is pivotally mounted a block 58 having thereon a plate 53 arranged to be engaged by the lower end of a sleeve 52 fast on a rod '54 which is pivoted at its lower end to a treadle 56 normally raised .by a spring (not shown). A spring 58 connected both to the block 58 and to the rod 54 tends to hold these parts in the positions illustrated in the drawing with the lower end of the sleeve "52 over a portion of the upper face of the plate 59. This position of the block '58 is determined by a lug Bl] on theblock in engagement with aportion of the lever 44. The position "of the rod 54 is determined by a pin '62 an arm BE fast on a rock shaft which also carries an arm '66 automatically controlled .as hereinafter described. The arm '64 carries a plate 68 'When the operator depresses thestarting treadle 53, the sleeve member '52 acts on'the plate 51] to tip the block 48in such manner as to carry its .plate'lil out from under the plate 68, thus tripping the clutch so that the springs 38'force the clutch member 39 into engagement with the clutch face {28 to start the operation of themachine. In further downward movement of the treadle the pin 62 acts on lacamlface 72 .on the sleeve '52 [to swing the sleeve out from over the plate '50 and thus permit theIb'locl; '48 to be 'turnedback to 'its 'former' position "by the spring against which the sleeve 52;ishe1dby-lthe spring 58, this pin being mounted in the. forked end of and engage it with the brake surface 32.

58. Such return of the'block is permitted by upward movement of the arm 64 which occurs immediately after the starting of the machine. The mechanism for controlling this arm comprises a link M whereby the previously mentioned arm 86 is connected to one arm of a bell-crank lever 15, the other arm of this lever carrying a roll l8 which is engaged by a cam 88 on the shaft Hi. This cam is provided with two projections 82 and 8 3, the projection 82 engaging the roll l8, as illustrated, when the parts are in starting positions. As the projection 82 leaves the roll i8 after the starting of the machine a spring 86 acts on the bell-crank lever '56 to raisethe arm 64 as above described. Thereafter, when the projec tion 84 arrives in position to engage the roll it, the arm 64 is moved downwardly and acts on the block 58 and the lever 44 to disengage the clutch member 38 from the clutch face 28 and thus stop: the machine. In the construction shown the machine is thus brought to a stop automatically at an intermediatepoint in its cycle. Thereafter the machine is started again by depression of the treadle 56 and it is brought to a stop auto matically at the end of the cycle by the action of the cam projection 82 onthe roll '18.

d For purposes of this invention there is further provided means whereby the operator may conveniently bring the machine to a stop at will s before it is stopped automatically as above described. This means comprises a rod 88 pivotally mounted on the bell-crank lever i l and extending downwardly through an opening in a block 96 pivotally mounted on one'side of the treadle 56, nuts 92 being mounted on the rod below the block 951. Initially there is considerable space between the blockand the nuts, as illustrated, to

provide for lost motion in the movement of the treadle to start the machine as described. If

at any time the operator should desire to stop the machine before it arrives at either of its normal stopping positions, he simply depresses the treadle farther to cause the blockiill to engage one of the nuts 92and move the rod 88 downwardly, thereby operating the bell-crank lever 44 to disengage the clutch member 38 from the clutch face 28 It will be evident that when the operator releases the treadle the clutch member 39 will be moved by its springs 38 again into engagement with the clutch face 28 so that the machine will resume its operation. Thereafter the machine will be brought automatically to a stop at the point pre- 7 determined by the automatic controlling means.

While the invention is herein illustrated as applied to an organization'including a clutch and. controlling mechanism having the particular characteristics shown and described, it 'is to be understood that it is not limited to an organization of that particular character.

7 Having described the invention, what we claim 'as new'and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In starting and stopping mechanism, the combination with a power-driven member, of a controlling member movable by the operator to start the operation of said power-driven member, and mechanism arranged to be operated by further movement of said controlling member in the same direction as its starting movement to stop'the operation of said power-driven member at the will of the operator.

2. In starting and stopping mechanism, the

combination with a power-driven member operative in a predetermined cycle, of automatic means for bringing said member to a stop at a definite point with respect to its cycle, a controlling member movable by the operator to start h, further movement of said controlling member in the same direction as its starting movement to stop the operation of said power-driven member at the will of the operator, said mechanism being so constructed as to cause said power-driven member to resume its operation upon reverse movement of the controlling member.

4. In starting and stopping mechanism, the combination with a power-driven member, of a clutch adapted to be tripped to start the operation of said power-driven member, and a controlling member movable to trip said clutch and additionally movable to stop said power-driven member at any point in its operation at'the will of the operator.

5. In starting and stopping mechanism, the combination with a power-driven member, of a clutch adapted to be tripped to start the operation of said power-driven member, a starting member movable to trip said clutch, automatic means for controlling said clutch to stop the operation of the power-driven member, and mechanism arranged to be controlled by additional movement of said starting member to render the clutch inoperative and thereby to stop the operation of said power-driven member at the will of the operator.

6. In starting and stopping mechanism, the combination with a power-driven member, of a clutch adapted to be tripped to start'the operation of said power-driven member, and a starting member movable to trip said clutch and further movable in the same direction to render the clutch inoperative and thereby eration of said power-driven member.

7. In starting and stopping mechanism, the combination with a power-driven member, of a clutch adapted to be tripped to start the operation of said power-driven member, a starting member movable to trip said clutch, automatic means for controlling said clutch to stop the to stop the opoperation of said power-driven member, and

mechanism arranged to be operated by further movement of said starting member in the same direction as its starting movement to render the clutch inoperative and thereby to stop the operation of the power-driven member independently of said automatic means.

8 In starting and stopping mechanism, the

.combination with a power-driven member, of

engagement with the other clutch member in response to further movement of the starting member in the same direction as its starting movement.

9. In starting and stopping mechanism, the combination with a power-driven member, of a pair of cooperating clutch members for operating said power-driven member, spring means for moving one of said clutch members into engagement with the other, a starting member movable by the operator to release said spring means and render it operative," automatic means for Withdrawing the movable clutch member from engagement with the other clutch member to stop the operation of the power-driven member, and mechanism arranged to be operated by further movement of saidstarting member in the same direction as its starting movement to withdraw the movable clutch member independently of said automatic means and thus to stop said power-driven member at the will of the operator.

10. In starting and stopping mechanism, the combination with a power-driven member, of a clutch adapted to be tripped to start the operation of said power-driven member, a bell-crank lever for controlling said clutch, a treadle movable to release said bell-crank lever and thus to trip the clutch, and a lost-motion connection between said treadle and the bell-crank lever to render the treadle effective on the clutch to stop the operation of said power-driven member at the will of the operator.

ARTHUR F. PYM. WILLIAM E. SCARLETI. 

